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Giving and finding blood in Quetta.

Plain answers about donating blood, blood groups and finding a donor fast, from the team behind Khidmat Blood Bank.

Now: Urgent blood in Quetta

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Urgent Blood in Quetta: How to Find a Donor Fast

What to do in the first hour, which donors can give to the patient, and how to reach matched donors without posting your phone number for everyone.

More guides

Quetta: Blood banks and donors

Need blood

Blood Bank in Quetta: Where Blood and Donors Come From

A blood bank stores and tests blood; a donor register finds people willing to give. How the two work together, and what to ask when you call.
β: Thalassaemia: blood every month

Giving blood

Thalassemia Blood Donors: Regular Help in Quetta

Children with thalassaemia major need blood about once a month, for life. Why the same few donors wear out, and how to become a regular donor.
O−: Who can give you blood

Blood groups

Blood Group Compatibility Chart: Who Can Give You Blood

Who can give red cells to whom, in one table. Which group can donate to all, which can receive from all, and why the patient's own group comes first.
18+: Can you donate?

Giving blood

Blood Donation Rules in Pakistan: Can You Donate?

Age, weight and haemoglobin limits, how often you can give, the common reasons to wait, and what happens on the day you donate.

Khidmat Blood Bank

Blood is needed in Quetta every day.

Register once and you are asked only when a patient who can receive your blood group needs it. Or, if someone you love needs blood, tell us and see the donors who can give.

Someone needs blood

Give the patient’s details and call the donors shown to you, one at a time.

You can give

You are never called within six months of your last donation.